1884 Birth of Romanian soprano Alma GLUCK in Bucarest, aka Reba Fiersohn, was in New York since age of five. Early recording soloist. m. Efram Zimbalist, violinist and teacher at Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. d-NYC, 27 OCT 1938. Gluck moved to the U.S. at an early age, and studied in New York. She auditioned for the Met's newly-appointed manager, Giulio Gatti-
Casazza, and music director, Arturo Toscanini (1909). She left in
1912 to concentrate in concert performances. Gluck recorded for
Victor and had the first million best seller 'Carry me back to old
Virginny' (1914). She had a short career a little more than ten
years at its peak, and fragile health ended her career in 1924. MET Opera Début: 16 NOV 1909 [Sophie] Werther, 7 seasons (1909-12, 13-15, 16-18) 109 perf.,
19 roles, 17 works. Teachers were Alberto Buzzia-Peccia, Jean de Reszke, Marcella Sembrich.